Surface polishing device



Dec. 23, 1958 J. KlNG SURFACE POLISHING DEVICE Filed June 18, 1956 WillUnited States Patent O SURFACE POLISHING DEVICE .lohn King, London,England Application June 18, 1956, Serial No. 596,377

3 Claims. (Cl. 15-124) Theinvention relates to a surface polishingdevice.

It is an object of the invention to provide a surface polishing devicewhich has no mechanically moving components and which is consequentlyinexpensive to produce, and noiseless in operation.

The invention consists in a surface polishing device comprising incombination a hollow composite body member having two opposite planefaces, an electric heating element positioned within the body member andarranged to supply heat to one of said plane faces, a substantiallyfunnel shaped member provided within the body member and having itslarger end attached to the other of said plane faces, the said otherplane face being liquid permeable, a structure surmounting the funnelshaped member and adapted to engage a container of polishing preparationwhich is substantially non fluent when in a cold condition, rubbingmeans provided on the outside of the body member adjacent the said oneplane face, and liquid permeable means provided on the outside of thebody member adjacent the said other plane face, the arrangement beingsuch that part of the heat generated by the heating element is effectiveto heat the said one plane face and part is effective to melt polishingpreparation contained in the said container, said liquid permeable meansbeing effective to facilitate distribution of polishing preparation on asurface to be polished when the said other face is lowermost, and saidrubbing means being effective to facilitate polishing of the surfacewhen the said one face is lowermost.

The invention will now be described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings which are given by way of example only, and in which: v

Figure l is a perspective view of the device of the invention, and

Figure 2 is a transverse section through the body member of the deviceof Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings, the device comprises a composite body member,having two oppositely disposed plane faces 2 and 3. One of the planefaces 2 is in the form of a door hinged by a hinge 4 to the remainder ofthe body member 1. The other plane face 3 is perforated by holes 5 so asto be liquid permeable.

A funnel-like member 6 is provided within the body member 1, its wideend being secured to the inner surface of the plane face 3 and itsnarrower end being surmounted by a llange 7 which is so arranged that acontainer 8 of solid or semi-solid polishing preparation can be attachedthereto. A plate 10 perforated by holes 11 is mounted at the narrow endof the funnel-likeV member 6.

An electric heating element 9 is secured to the inner surface of theplane face 2, the heating element being supplied with electric powerthrough an electric cord 12 which extends through the handle 13 andwithin one arm of a fork 14 to which the body member 1 is turnablyattached.

A fabric strip 15 extends around the body member 1, and is anchored bythe respective engagement of rods 16 and 17, which are inserted in theends of the strip 15, with abutments 18 and 19 of the body member 1.

The dimensions of the body member 1 and the power of the heating element9 are so proportioned that suicient heat reaches the container 8 to meltthe polishing preparation.

When the device is placed on a surface to be polished, in the positionof Figure 2, polishing preparation, melted in the container 8, passesthrough holes 11 of the plate 16 and thence through holes 5 to thefabric strip 15. By moving the body member 1 over the surface to bepolished, by means of the handle 13, polishing preparation can bedistributed over the surface to be polished.

Subsequently, by inverting the body member 1, the plane face 2 of thebody member 1, heated by the element 9 and covered bythe fabric strip15, can be used for nally polishing the surface, the heat assisting a nedistribution of the polishing preparation and rendering the surface tosome extent polish-absorbing. At the same time since the polishcontainer is then at the lowermost point of the funnel-like member 6,unused polishing preparation can run back into the container 8 tosolidify therein when the heating element is switched off.

The scope of the invention is not limited to this ernbodiment, butsolely by the following claims.

What I claim is:

1. A surface polishing device comprising in combination a hollowcomposite body member having two opposite plane faces, an electricheating element positioned within the body member and arranged to supplyheat to one of said plane faces, a substantially funnel shaped memberprovided within the body member and having its larger end attached tothe other of said plane faces, the said other plane face being liquidpermeable, a structure surmounting the funnel shaped member and adaptedto engage a container of polishing preparation which is substantiallynon lluent when in a cold condition, rubbing means provided on theoutside of the body member adjacent the said one plane face, and liquidpermeable means provided on the outside of the body member adjacent thesaid other plane face, the arrangement being such that part of the heatgenerated by the heating element is effective to heat the said one planeface and part is effective to melt polishing preparation contained inthe said container, said liquid permeable means being effective tofacilitate distribution of polishing preparation on a surface to bepolished when the said other face is lowermost, and said rubbing meansbeing effective to facilitate polishing of the surface when the said oneface is lowermost.

2. A device according to claim 1, characterized in that a perforatedplate is provided at the narrow end of the funnel shaped member, toretain the polishing preparation within said container when saidpolishing preparation is in a non-fluent condition.

3. A device according to claim 2, characterized in that the rubbingmeans and the liquid permeable means are parts of a fabric stripextending around substantially the entire periphery of the body member.

References Cited in the ile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,394,662 Blomquist Oct. 25, 1921 1,938,811 Cook et al Dec. 12, 1933FOREIGN PATENTS 86,396 Switzerland July 16, 1920

